YMCA Nationals Results: 400 IM Down to the Wire as National Record Crushed

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. IN an epic race that came down to the wire, Wilton’s Maxwell Dolan touched out teammate Ian Rainey by just one one-hundredth of a second to win the men’s 400 IM as both went under the national record. Facing a deficit of more than a second and a half with 100 yards to go, Dolan charged the freestyle leg and got his fingertips on the wall barely ahead of Rainey’s, 3:46.81 to 3:46.82. Both swimmers crushed Mike Alexandrov’s national record of 3:48.79 from way back in 2003. No one came close to the two from Connecticut, while Western North Carolina’s Luke Lechner ended up third in 3:52.26.

Author: David Rieder

David Rieder has been a contributor to Swimming World since 2009. A native of Charleston, SC, he currently attends Duke University, where he works as the public address announcer for the varsity swim team.